HBO cancelled it’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen – but you can still get a few yuks in the Rockies.

The New Yorker hosts “Humor on the Slopes” at Beaver Creek Feb. 28-March 2.

It’ll feature a sneak peek at a comedy flick TBA and performances by insult comic Lisa “Dirty Girl” Lampanelli and Jim Gaffigan who says on his website, “Look, I’m not gonna repeat how I’ve appeared on Letterman 11 times and Conan 16. That would be braggy and I don’t think my close personal friends, Dave Letterman or Conan O’Brien, would appreciate that.”

A handful of New Yorker cartoonist will be slopeside to draw and talk witty, including Matt Diffee, the guy who drew the iconic cartoon of Che cq wearing a Bart Simpson T-shirt.

Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-954-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.